African Primary Care Research: Qualitative interviewing in primary care

This article is part of a series on African Primary Care Research and focuses on the topic of qualitative interviewing in primary care. In particular it looks at issues of study design, sample size, sampling and interviewing in relation to individual and focus group interviews.There is a particular focus on helping postgraduate students at a Masters level to write their research proposals.

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African Primary Care Research: Performing a programme evaluation

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine ◽

10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.634 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Lilian Dudley

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Developmental Process ◽

Programme Evaluation ◽

Primary Care Research ◽

Qualitative Interviewing ◽

Care Research ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Different Types ◽

African Context

This article is part of a series on Primary Care Research in the African context and focuses on programme evaluation. Different types of programme evaluation are outlined: developmental, process, outcome and impact. Eight steps to follow in designing your programme evaluation are then described in some detail: engage stakeholders; establish what is known; describe the programme; define the evaluation and select a study design; define the indicators; planand manage data collection and analysis; make judgements and recommendations; and disseminate the findings. Other articles in the series cover related topics such as writing your research proposal, performing a literature review, conducting surveys with questionnaires, qualitative interviewing and approaches to quantitative and qualitative data analysis.

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Patterns of intra-cluster correlation from primary care research to inform study design and analysis

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ◽

10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.12.013 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 57 (8) ◽

pp. 785-794 ◽

Cited By ~ 293

Author(s):

Geoffrey Adams ◽

Martin C. Gulliford ◽

Obioha C. Ukoumunne ◽

Sandra Eldridge ◽

Susan Chinn ◽

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Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Study Design ◽

Primary Care Research ◽

Care Research ◽

Cluster Correlation

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African primary care research: Performing surveys using questionnaires

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine ◽

10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.589 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Indiran Govender ◽

Langalibalele H. Mabuza ◽

Gboyega A. Ogunbanjo ◽

Bob Mash

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Sample Size Calculation ◽

Sampling Strategy ◽

Research Proposal ◽

Primary Care Research ◽

Postgraduate Students ◽

Care Research ◽

Quantitative Data Analysis ◽

Practical Guidance ◽

Strategy Design

The aim of this article is to provide practical guidance on conducting surveys and the use of questionnaires for postgraduate students at a Masters level who are undertaking primary care research. The article is intended to assist with writing the methods section of the research proposal and thinking through the relevant issues that apply to sample size calculation, sampling strategy, design of a questionnaire and administration of a questionnaire. The articleis part of a larger series on primary care research, with other articles in the series focusing on the structure of the research proposal and the literature review, as well as quantitative data analysis.

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